Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse and Similar Species
Labroides dimidiatus
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Open the appSeveral fish can be confused with Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse. Here are the key differences.
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False Cleanerfish
Aspidontus taeniatus
Key differences: The False Cleanerfish mimics the Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse in coloration and body shape, but it is a blenny, not a wrasse. Its mouth is inferior and it has a single, continuous dorsal fin. Crucially, it bites off pieces of fin or skin from its 'clients' rather than cleaning them. The False Cleanerfish has a more pointed snout and its black stripe typically does not widen as much posteriorly as in L. dimidiatus.
Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides bicolor
Key differences: While also a cleaner wrasse, L. bicolor has a distinct bicolored pattern, typically dark brown or black anteriorly and white or yellow posteriorly, lacking the prominent blue and black stripe of L. dimidiatus.
Threespot Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides pectoralis
Key differences: L. pectoralis has a similar body shape but its coloration includes a yellow or orange patch on the pectoral fin base and often a more broken or irregular black stripe, sometimes with additional spots.
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